Out of the Shadows

During October 2011, radio station WBEZ ran an excellent series, Out of the Shadows: Preventing Child Suicide.


It focused on youth aged 14 to 24, which is the group especially at risk.


This excellent series was too little too late for our own family; but it will help others---if everyone tunes in and listens to it.  


I did not get to listen to every episode because they aired while I was at work.  But they are online, and everyone can benefit from hearing them--especially me.


All parents everywhere should be open-minded about the possibility that their child might have a mental illness or be suicidal, and they should educate themselves about the symptoms (or lack of symptoms, which in itself may be a symptom).  No one can afford tobe in denial about this, or closed-minded to the possibility because the symptoms of the suicidal mind are so subtle and ambiguous.


I want the whole world to know about Out of the Shadows so that all parents everywhere will be armed with the information they need.